Edited by George B. Cunningham, Department of Sport Management, College of Health and Human Performance,University of Florida, US

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• Contents:AcknowledgementsIntroduction George B. CunninghamPART I OVERVIEW 1. Laurence Chalip (2006), ‘Toward a Distinctive Sport Management Discipline’2. Earle F. Zeigler (2007) ‘Sport Management Must Show Social Concern as it Develops Tenable Theory’ 3. Lucie Thibault (2009), ‘Globalization of Sport: An Inconvenient Truth’ PART II THE SPORT ENVIRONMENT 4. David Cruise Malloy and Dwight H. Zakus (1995), ‘Ethical Decision Making in Sport Administration: A Theoretical Inquiry into Substance and Form’5. Karla A. Henderson (2009), ‘A Paradox of Sport Management and Physical Activity Interventions’6. Michael B. Edwards and Jonathan M. Casper (2012), ‘Sport and Health’7. Emily Sparvero and Laurence Chalip (2007), ‘Professional Teams as Leverageable Assets: Strategic Creation of Community Value’8. Stacy Warner (2012), ‘Sport and Community’9. Alexis Lyras and Jon Welty Peachey (2011), ‘Integrating Sport-for-Development Theory and Praxis’10. Emma Sherry (2010), ‘(Re) engaging Marginalized Groups Through Sport: The Homeless World Cup’PART III MANAGEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS11. Marvin Washington and Marc J. Ventresca (2008), ‘Institutional Contradictions and Struggles in the Formation of US Collegiate Basketball, 1800–1938’12. Lesley Ferkins, David Shilbury and Gael McDonald (2009), ‘Board Involvement in Strategy: Advancing the Governance of Sport Organizations’13. A.L. Kihl, S. Leberman and V. Schull (2010), ‘Stakeholder Constructions of Leadership in Intercollegiate Athletics’14. Shannon Hamm-Kerwin and Alison Doherty (2010) ‘Intragroup Conflict in Nonprofit Sport Board’15. George B. Cunningham (2012), ‘Diversity Training in Intercollegiate Athletics’16. George B. Cunningham and E. Nicole Melton (2011), ‘The Benefits of Sexual Orientation Diversity in Sport Organizations’17. John Amis, Trevor Slack and C.R. Hinings (2004), ‘The Pace, Sequence, and linearity of Radical Change’18. George B. Cunningham (2006), ‘The Relationship Among Commitment to Change, Coping with Change, and Turnover Intentions’PART IV MANAGEMENT OF INDIVIDUALS19. Daniel F. Mahony, Mary A. Hums, Damon P.S. Andrew and Stephen W. Dittmore (2010), ‘Organizational Justice in Sport’20. Justine B. Allen and Sally Shaw (2009), ‘Womens Coaches’ Perceptions of Their Sport Organizations’21. Jennifer L. Bruening and Marlene A. Dixon (2008), ‘Situating Work-Family Negotiations Within A Life Course Perspectives: Insights on the Gendered Experiences of NCAA Division I Head Coaching Mothers’22. Richard D. Cotton, Yan Shen and Reut Livne-Tarandach (2011), ‘On Becoming Extraordinary: The Content and Structure of the Developmental Networks of Major League Baseball Hall of Famers’23. George B. Cunningham (2010), ‘The Influence of Religious Personal Identity on the Relationships Among Religious Dissimilarity, Value Dissimilarity and Job Satisfaction’24. Vikki Krane, Heather Barber and Lisa R. McClung (2002), ‘Social Psychological Benefits of Gay Games Participation: A Social Identity Theory Explanation’25. Daniel C. Funk and Jeff James (2001), ‘The Psychological Continuum Model: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding an Individual’s Psychological Connection to Sport’